Petitions Of Park Hopeful Are Being Challenged

February 08, 1995|By Suzanne G. Hlotke.

Carol Stream — For the first time in the 30-year history of the Park District, a candidate's petitions for the office of commissioner have been challenged.

Gary Knops, a member of the Carol Stream Plan Commission and a 15-year resident, filed a challenge to the petitions of Robin Anne Petrick, a local newspaper editor who frequently lambastes park district commissioners.

Knops said some of Petrick's signatures are from unregistered voters. A hearing on Knops' complaint will be held Thursday by the DuPage County Election Board.

In the village race, challenges have been filed against three trustee candidates. The petitions of Thomas Shanahan and Gerald Sutcliffe, two incumbents seeking re-election, have not been challenged.

John Reis, one of the other three candidates, has challenged the petitions of Rod Kuecker and Joseph Halm, saying, among other things, that their petitions contain unregistered voters.